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Intend to live in continual mortification, and never to expect or desire any worldly ease or pleasure.

Jonathan Edwards

There are people who love those who agree with them and admire them, but have no time for those who oppose and dislike them. A Christian’s love must be universal!
JONATHAN EDWARDS

Agreement Love People Time Universe
There is nothing that keeps wicked men at any one moment out of hell, but the mere pleasure of God.
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God Hell Man Moments Pleasure
Temples have their images; and we see what influence they have always had over a great part of mankind. But, in truth, the ideas and images in men’s minds are the invisible powers that constantly govern them; and to these they all pay universally a ready submission.
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Govern Image Influence Submission Temple Universe
You contribute nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.
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Contribute Necessary Salvation Yourself
I frequently hear persons in old age say how they would live, if they were to live their lives over again: Resolved, That I will live just so as I can think I shall wish I had done, supposing I live to old age.
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Age Myself Old Person Thinking
Those who are in a state of salvation are to attribute it to sovereign grace alone, and to give all the praise to Him who maketh them to differ from others.
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Alone Grace Himself Praise Salvation State
You all have by you a large treasure of divine knowledge, in that you have the Bible in your hands; therefore be not contented in possessing but little of this treasure.
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Divine Knowledge Possession Treasure Yourself
The door of God’s mercy is thrown wide open, and Christ stands in the door and says to sinners ‘Come.’
JONATHAN EDWARDS

God Mercy Stand Stay
There is no way that Christians, in a private capacity, can do so much to promote the work of God and advance the kingdom of Christ as by prayer.
JONATHAN EDWARDS

God Prayer Privacy Way Work
By the grace of God we will never pluck unripe fruit. We will never press people to decision, because we’ll lead them to damnation and not salvation.
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Decision Fruit God Grace People Salvation
Resolved, never to do anything which I should be afraid to do if it were the last hour of my life.
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Afraid Life Myself
Resolved, when I feel pain, to think of the pains of martyrdom, and of hell.
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Feeling Hell Myself Pain Thinking
When God is about to do a great work, He pours out a spirit of supplication.
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God Greatness Spirit
I make it my rule, to lay hold of light and embrace it, wherever I see it, though held forth by a child or an enemy.
JONATHAN EDWARDS

Children Enemy Hold Light Rule
The Spirit of God is given to the true saints to dwell in them as his proper lasting abode to dwell in them and to influence their hearts as a principle of new nature or as a divine supernatural spring of life and action.
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Action God Influence Life Spirit
Resolved, never to do anything out of revenge.
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Revenge Solution

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